Nine Basic Shapes Of Life - Common Denominators
In science, we are always looking for rules and "common denominators" which allow us to understand how things happen (a reverse engineering process), allow us to build or duplicate things, and allow us to predict things -- sometimes to intervene in events and to actually shape the future instead of passively trying to predict it. Fans of The Braintenance Blog are the most curious of all. All forms of life are constructed of nine basic designs. The nine designs are listed below and are often combined as composite forms that can include all nine or any combination of several. From a probability and possibility standpoint, this is fascinating and vast. The number of possible combinations is unfathomably enormous, yet finite . Here is a listing of these fundamental shapes: the sphere and spheroid the circle and ellipse the cube the cylinder the spiral the undulate the pyramid and triangle the lattice the frond Identifying the world's shapes can be a fascinating e...